Multifactorial Intervention and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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Authors

Peter Gæde · Steno Diabetes Center

Pernille Vedel · Steno Diabetes Center

Nicolai Balle Larsen · Steno Diabetes Center

Gunnar V.H. Jensen · Roskilde Sygehus

Hans‐Henrik Parving · Aarhus University

Oluf Pedersen · Steno Diabetes Center

Abstract

A target-driven, long-term, intensified intervention aimed at multiple risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria reduces the risk of cardiovascular and microvascular events by about 50 percent.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes Treatment and Management Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Diabetes Management and Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 348, Issue 5, pp. 383-393

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa021778

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